Opinion essay:
Is it important that people stay informed?


Nowadays mostly everybody wants to be informed. That’s why you can get your information’s from wherever you want (the newspaper, the television, the radio or even the internet). But what news can do generally? And why is it so popular for us to be informed?

In listening paragraph I list my ideas in logical order. First I want to start with the democracy (politics). I am convinced that there would be many problems if the democracy and the politics wouldn’t get criticised in the media. Because of the television for example, hardly any powerful politician is able to make something wrong without causing a stir. I am unsure how these guys would abuse their authority if they wouldn’t be watched by the media… To give another example I will take a firm stand to the free election. Moreover it is very important to know enough information about the party you will vote. In the media we usually hear not only the good aspects of them and that’s also very important, because they are our future!

Second there is the social aspect why we should be informed. You should be able to communicate and discuss about controversial issues with friends, your partner or even strangers. It is always good having a theme about you can talk which is not the job. People who are “up to date” get mostly categorised as well educated and this is a nice side action isn’t it?

Finally I want to tell about why it is good for ourselves to be informed.
News can influence us. This is due to our own experiences and our attitude we had before we were reading an article for example. It’s also the guilt of the reporter who is able to influence the reader. Maybe he conceals the reader from something or gave a false colour? On the one side there is this bad aspect, but on the other side it’s necessary for educating ourselves, to build our own opinion or to find new aspects or new arguments.

To sum up, I want to say that I personally would never forbear from reading the newspaper, or staying informed with television. Because I want to be informed about all the good and bad things happens on our world. Only if people are informed they could have profound and actual discusses or get new aspects which could change the mind they had before. The most important reason we should be informed about our world is that we are only able to change something, if we know about a problem or dubious activities of some politicians…

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